The main purpose of Dashboard is to make widgets easily accessible without interfering with your work. Apple achieves this by making Dashboard quick and easy to open and close.
Click the Dashboard icon in the Dock.
Or
Press
Your screen dims and the last widgets you accessed appear (Figure 1 ).
Click anywhere on the screen other than on a widget.
Or
Press
The widgets disappear and your screen returns to normal brightness.
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